Lacing-strip for laced shoes



- (No Model.)

J. SABINE. LAGING STRIP FDR LAGED SHOES.

Patented Nov. 10, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SABINE, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAClNG-STRIP FOR LACED SHOES.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,963, dated November 10, 1896.

Application filed April 24:, 1896. Serial No. 588,904. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SABINE, of Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Lacing-Strip for Laced Shoes, of which the following is a specification,"reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is an enlarged sectional View of a lacing-strip as heretofore made. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of my lacing-strip, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of my lacing-strip before the top piece is turned.

As heretofore made the lacing-strip was composed of the top piece, lining, and facingstrip, the edge of the top piece being turned in and sewed to the facing-strip to make a finished edge for use in high-grade shoes, as is shown in Fig. 1, while in the lacing-strip used in low-grade shoes the edge was not turned in. The lining was held in place in both cases by being sewed to the facing-piece and by the eyelets or lacing-hooks.

My invention consists of a lacing-strip in i which the lining, the facing-strip, and the top piece are all sewed together along their edges, the top piece with its skived edges and the facing-strip being placed together with their finished surfaces in contact and both laid upon the lining, as is shown in Fig. 3. The

of the facing-strip is used to hold that strip down, and the edge is trimmed after the strip is sewed. The eyelets and lacing-hooks are inserted in the usual way after the three seams have been sewed. The top piece must be skived, but the facing-piece need not be i skived, as it is best made of thin leather instead of the bleached calf usually used, for the lining adds its strength to my lacing-strip and the thin leather is for that reason better than the bleached calf.

WVhat I claim as my invention is- The lacing-strip above described made up of a top piece with skived edges a facing-strip and a lining sewed together along their edges the top piece and the facing-piece being placed with their finished surfaces in contact and the top piece being turned over to form a finished edge and secured in that position by sewing through the three pieces and eyelets or lacing-hooks secured to the strip all substantially as described.

JOHN SABINE. 

